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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Smokey Stover; Big Stoop; Pat Ryan; Raven Sherman
STORY DETAILS
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bill Holman (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Holman (credited)
Inks:
Bill Holman (credited)
Notes:
"Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."
On inside front cover in black, white and red.
Characters:
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Joy Beaverduck; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; Tepid Fahrenheit; Woo Woo Bali; Young Stuff; D-T (villain); K-9 (villain); The Eye (villain)
Synopsis:
The Eye and K-9 tie up Downwind in the hold of a target ship that is to be used for practice bombing. Tepid Fahrenheit, a former associate of the Eye, learns of the plot and tells Joy. Joy breaks up the bombing formation then lands her plane in the water and saves Downwind. Later Tepid and Downwind capture the Eye and K-9. After getting Jack and Joy together, Downwind realizes he loves Joy. Trying to take his mind off his lost love, Downwind goes into the plane salvage business.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Zack Mosley
Pencils:
Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed)
Inks:
Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed)
Letters:
Boody Rogers
Reprints:
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #80 (1945)
Notes:
"Copr. 1940, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."
Story includes a strip dated November 5, 1940 on the last page.
Characters:
Smokey Stover; Chief Cash U. Nutt; Cookie Stover; Mayor; Henrietta (a chicken)
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bill Holman
Pencils:
Bill Holman [as BH] (signed)
Inks:
Bill Holman [as BH] (signed)
Notes:
"Copyright 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."
Characters:
April Kane; Big Stoop; Connie [George Webster Confucius]; Deeth Crispin; Hu Shee; Pat Ryan; Raven Sherman; Terry Lee
Notes:
"Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
Title:
Plates, Crooks and Coupons
Characters:
Agent Charles Dean; Detective Bender; Mr. Darrow; Mr. Jones; Benny (villain); Buck (villain); Mr. Smith (villain); Monk (villain)
Synopsis:
A gang war between gas rationing coupon counterfeiters provides evidence for the authorities to track down one of the gangs. The haul includes the plates they use to make the counterfeits, a stash of fake coupons, and the crooks themselves. Next: the competitors.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Notes:
Gaylord Du Bois script credit per "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985), page 78: "Gang Busters. 6p. For Popular Comics, October 1944."
This is the second gas coupons Gang Busters story in a row.
"Copr. 1944 by Phillips H. Lord, Inc."
Title:
One Army Dog
Characters:
Sgt. Jim Malley; Commando (a dog)
Synopsis:
Some American forces are pinned down by Japs. Commando the Army dog thwarts a Japanese attempt to break though. U.S. tanks arrive. When Japs artillery knocks out the tanks, Commando is cut free of his leash by shrapnel, and he goes behind enemy lines, single-handedly taking out the Jap artillery crew. This wins him praise from G.I.s, but Jim states that Commando is just one Army dog, like all the others.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Gaylord Du Bois
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Gaylord Du Bois script credit per "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985), page 78: "One Army Dog. text for Popular Comics, October 1944."
"Copr., 1944 by R. S. Callender"
Characters:
Toots Hawkins; Casper Hawkins; Buttercup Hawkins; Colonel Hoofer; Katilka; Mr. Davis; Mr. Morgabilt; Mr. Plunker
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Jimmy Murphy (credited)
Pencils:
Jimmy Murphy (credited)
Inks:
Jimmy Murphy (credited)
Notes:
"Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc."
Characters:
Etta Kett; Mr. Kett; Mrs. Kett; Bill
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Paul Robinson (credited)
Pencils:
Paul Robinson (credited)
Inks:
Paul Robinson (credited)
Notes:
"Copr. 1942, King Features Syndicate, Inc."
Characters:
Andy Gump [Andrew Gump]; Major Force; Min Gump [Minerva Gump]; Slither
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Gus Edson
Pencils:
Gus Edson
Inks:
Gus Edson
Notes:
"Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
On inside back cover in black, white and red.
Characters:
Hortense De Stross; Jay Golden Fleecer; Major Force; Millie Gump; Slither; Uncle Bim Gump [Benjamin Gump]
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Gus Edson
Pencils:
Gus Edson
Inks:
Gus Edson
Notes:
"Copr. 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
4
2
0
0
0
10
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
4
2
0
0
0
11
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